The cars I have had don’t let you change BT settings or many other settings and Apple Maps at least doesn’t let you type in an address while you’re driving from the display I don’t think. I’ve done it from my phone as a passenger.

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HPsquared 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Voice controls are much better for that kind of thing anyway. I expect they'll continue to improve.

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Saline9515 10 hours ago | parent [-]

The problem is that they imply that the car listens to all of your communications at all time, which many users would find creepy.

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Uvix 10 hours ago | parent [-]

My last two cars had button-triggered voice controls, which solves that concern.

	▲	Terr_ 7 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		IMO physical-world safety measures are underused. Not just because they provide pretty hard barriers to certain attacks, but also because they often exist in a world the human user can notice and verify. For example, I would prefer to press a fob-button to unlock or start a car, but there are systems out there where thieves simply boost/relay the signal of your keys in order to open and and drive it away. Sure, there are countermeasures involving complicated speed-of-light timing tricks, but it could have all been avoided with a button.
	▲	sebastiennight 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		It solves that concern if the trigger is built in hardware, not if it's software-driven.
	▲	Insanity 8 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Yup, this is how I use my voice control in the car. It’s on the steering wheel.

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bongodongobob 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The Bluetooth thing infuriates me. If the connection fails on my way to work, I have to fucking pull over and park to reconnect my phone. It's literally just pushing the Bluetooth button on my dash. But oh no, that is not available when in motion. Navigate through multiple screens to adjust anything else? Totally fine.

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anonymars 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

And passengers don't exist and would never like to play music or navigate from the passenger seat! Gives me road rage every time.

	▲	JustExAWS 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The passenger can grab the phone that is connected via BT, CarPlay or Android Auto. In the case of CarPlay, someone in the backseat can connect to the phone that is using CarPlay by using Shareplay and control the music.

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JustExAWS 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I use CarPlay and plug in my phone. I don’t have to worry about BT. My ancient old 2011 Sonic supported the iPod protocol. That meant I could plug my phone into the USB port for audio, on screen display of what was playing and I believe it could control it.

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LoganDark 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's an Apple thing to limit keyboard access when the car is moving. Android Auto doesn't have it.

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thanhhaimai 12 hours ago | parent [-]

Android Auto also doesn't let you type while driving. Source: I was the one who wrote the system UI and Keyboard integration. It's still there last time I checked.

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niij 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

What was the discussion like around passengers controlling the UI?

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JustExAWS 10 hours ago | parent [-]

Passengers can just grab the phone and do whatever they want.

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eloisant 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Which is something the driver can do too, which is why this stupid restriction is making the system less safe.

	▲	JustExAWS 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		If they do, it’s not on Apple or the car manufacturer for making it unsafe. There are a laws all over the world about having an infotainment system and distractions.

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gambiting 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Except apps like Waze will show you "this app is being controlled by Android Auto" and won't let you do anything on the phone's screen, you have to use the Android Auto display to interact with it.

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serial_dev 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I don’t think it’s universal, I have a car from 2023 and both Android Auto and Apple integration let me change the maps destination.

	▲	stouset 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You can’t type on the keyboard though. You can push large buttons to look for and choose gas stations, restaurants, etc.

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gambiting 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I literally just used android auto, while driving, to type in an address in Waze using the on screen keyboard(well, my wife was driving). Stock android on a Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra.